The Dead Rock
Stars Club, an extensive list of dead rock musicians and singers and people
related to rock, when and how they died with links to sites about them.

Doc
Rock Presents,Opening PageWelcome
to The Dead Rock Stars Club. This site is a list of dead rock musicians
and singers, dead people associated with rock and dead people whose music
helped influence and create rock (which I feel includes Jazz and Country
artists), sorted by the date of their demise. This is a tribute to them.LONG
LIVE ROCK !!

Many people have
come here to get an answer to the question,"What rock group
have all the members died with one being murdered?The answer is,
"Mount
Rushmore"

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Corrections
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Errors
found here in the ClubResearch-
Artists who's date of death still needs researchingMissing-
Artists who are missingHelp-
Artists who I've been told are deceased but I haven't confirmed it

Mark Leighton a bassist for The
Yummy Fur who was listed in The Club has assured me he is alive and
well - My apology to Mark for this error.

Martyn "Segovia" Smith, who was a bassist
for UK Decay has not died. It seems
the rumor started when Segovia left the band and the group put a
joke RIP message on the sleeve of one of their singles.

Richey
James Edwards (Richard James Edwards)
- Officially declared dead 11-23-2008 - Missing since 2-1-1995, it's believed
he killed himself by jumping off the Severn Bridge - His body was never
found ( Rock ) Born 12-22-1967
in Blackwood, South Wales, UK - Guitarist and songwriter - Was a member
of
The Manic Street
Preachers (They did, "Faster" and "Small Black Flowers That Grow In
The Sky").

Troy Dale Gardner - Died ???? ( Rock
) Singer - Was a member of Kitchen
Cinq and Armageddon.

Allan Dalrymple - Died 197? ( Rock )
Keyboardist - Was a member of Felt
(They did, "Look At the Sun" and "Destination").

Chuck Spieth - Died ???? - House fire
( Rock ) He was 21 years old - Bassist - Was a member of The
David (They did, "Mirrors Of Wood" and "Sweet December").

Bruce Knox - Died ???? - Pancreatic
cancer ( Rock ) Was a member of The Allusions who became The Split Ends
(They did, "Rich With Nothing" and "Endless Sea At H & H") who became
Boots.

Manfred Schmid (Manfred Josef Schmid)
- Died 199? ( Rock ) Guitarist - Was a member of Monsun who were renamed
Lily
(They did, "Which Is This" and "Pinky Pigs").

Kieran O'Connor - Died 198? ( Rock )
Drummer - Was a member of The Next Collection who became Moving Finger
and were renamed Second
Hand (They did, "The World Will End Yesterday" and "The Bath Song")
and Seventh
Wave (They did, "Smog, Fog And Sunset" and "Sky Scraper").

Roy Ford - Died ???? ( Doo-Wop ) Singer
- Was a member of The D'Italians who where renamed The
Students (They did, "Every Day Of The Week" and "I'm So Young").

John Bolden - Died ???? ( Doo-Wop )
Singer - Was a member of The D'Italians who where renamed The
Students (They did, "Every Day Of The Week" and "I'm So Young").

Don Wilson - Died ???? - Musician -
Worked in a duo with Travis Harrelson.

Joan Bonham - Died ???? - Singer - Was
a member of The Zimmers
(They did covers of The Who's, "My Generation" and Queen's, "We Will Rock
You") - Mother of drummer, John Bonham.

Peter Comerford - Died ???? - Was a
member of The Zimmers
(They did covers of The Who's, "My Generation" and Queen's, "We Will Rock
You").

Jack Beers - Died ???? - He was 99 years
old - Was a member of The
Zimmers (They did covers of The Who's, "My Generation" and Queen's,
"We Will Rock You").

Dave Calkins - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of Thee
Aladdins.

Joe Briar - Died ???? - Credited with
co-writing, "The
Hokey Pokey" which is disputed.

Mary Ann Thomas - Died ???? ( R&B
) Was a member of The
Ad-Libs (They did, "The Boy From New York City" and "He Ainít No Angel").

Huey Harris - Died ???? ( R&B )
Was a member of The Arabians, The Creators (They did, "Iíll Never Never
Do It Again" and "Yeah Heís Got It") and The
Ad-Libs (They did, "The Boy From New York City" and "New York In The
Dark").

Steve Webb - Died ???? ( Rock ) Played
drums - Worked with Lost
And Found, Potter St. Cloud and Euphoria.

Tetsuya Kaga - Died 200? ( Rock ) Singer
- Was a member of Lind
And The Linders (They did, "Gin no Kusari" and a remake of "I Dig Rock
And Roll Music").

Terry Pilittere - Died ???? ( Rock
) Singer and drummer - (He did, "You Wouldn't Believe Me" and "It's Not
That Way") - Was a member of The Dimensions and The
Wee Four (They did, "Weird" and "Give Me a Try").

Mike Kelley - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
and singer -Was a member of The
Gentlemen (They did, "Cry'n Shame" and "You Can't Be True").

Tom Brown - Died ???? in Los Angeles,
CA, U.S. - President of Vandan Records - Signed The Gentlemen.

Pete Carroll - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of The Carroll Brothers (They did, "I Found You" and
"Movin' Day") - Worked with Chubby Checker - At one time married to singer,
Mary Swan - Father of singer, Marti
Carroll.

Doug Suggs - Died ???? - Born 12-3-1894
in St. Louis, MO, U.S. - Pianist.

Casey
Bill Weldon - Died 196? ( Blues - Jub Band ) Born 7-10-1909, Pine Bluff,
Arkansas, U.S. - Guitarist - (He did, "Turpentine Blues") - Was a member
of The Memphis Jug Band - Worked with his wife, Memphis Minnie and with
The Picaninny Jug Band, and The Brown Bombers Of Swing.

Carl Davis - Died ???? ( Jug Band )
Born 3-5-1886 in Rison, AR, U.S. - Singer and guitarist - Was a member
of
The
Dallas Jamboree Jug Band (They did, "It May Be My Last Night" and "Dusting
The Frets").

Henry Jasiewicz - Died ???? ( Polka
) Played trumpet - Led Henny And The Versa J's - Worked with The Polish
Ambassadors Orchestra, The Sunset Orchestra, The Polish Diplomats, The
Silver Moon Orchestra, The Bell Hops Orchestra and The Polish All Stars
Orchestra -
International
Polka Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Ros
Sereysothea (Ros Sothea) - the Golden Voice of the Royal Capital
- She is thought to have died while imprisoned in a labor camp under the
Khmer Rouge regime ( Rock - Pop ) Born in Battambang Province,
Cambodia - Singer and songwriter - (She did, "Wait Ten Months" and "Hair
Cut, Hair Cut") - Worked with with Sinn Sisamouth ("Chom Chait Pesaey"
and "Have a Caramel").

Sean Purcell - Died ???? - Brain tumour
( Punk - Glam ) Singer - He was a member of Raped
(They did,"Moving Target" and "Escalator Hater") who later changed their
name to Cuddly Toys (They did,"Madman").

Johnny 19 - Died ???? - AIDS ( Punk
Rock ) Played saxophone - Was a member of
The
Mad.

David Id - Died ???? - Drug induced
AIDS ( Punk Rock ) Was a member of The
Mad.

Hisashi Ikeda - Died ???? in NYC - Jumped
out an apartment window ( Punk Rock ) Played bass - Was a member of
Chainsaw and The Mad.

Len Beadle - Died
???? - Heart failure ( Rock - Pop ) He was 67 years old - He was a member
of The Raindrops - Co-wrote songs with Gene Pitney and Adam Faith - Worked
at CBS Songs, where he signed Jeff Wayne and Billy Joel.

Dr James Whiting
- Died ???? - Cancer - He was 79 years old - Songwriter and music publisher.

Jack Gill - Died ???? -
Natural causes - He was 60 years old - Music publishing executive - Worked
for The ATV music publishing company - He was responsible for acquiring
The Beatles catalogue Northern Songs.

Stella Blatt -
Died ???? - Heart attack - She was 73 years old - Music Publisherand record
company exec - Worked for RCA and BMG.

Bob McKenzie -
Died ???? - Heart attack - He was 62 years old - Record
Exec - Music publisher and record producer.

Michael Roberts
- Died ???? - Cancer - He was 58 years old - Record
Exec - Copyright manager for MCA, Essex
Music, Francis Day & Hunter, ATV Music and Warner Chappell Music.

Bill Downer - Died ????
- Heart failure - He was 86 years old - Record Exec - He was head of Decca's
music publishing division.

DJ Dr. Rock - Died 1998? ( Hip Hop
- R&B ) Was a member of Dr. Rock And The M.C.s and Force
M.D.'s (Musical Diversity) (They did, "Tender Love" and "Love Is A
House").

Visitors to
The Club have told me about the following artists but I have been unable
to find dates of their demise or verify that they have passed away . If
you know where I can get any info about them, please point the way. Thanks!

Peter DeLongi - Died 199? - Singer and
guitarist - Was a member of Banchee
(They did, "The Night Is Calling" and "I Just Don't Know") - Worked with
Peepl.

Bob Knickerbocker - ? ( Rock ) Bass
player - Was a member of Final
Solution.

Samuel Jones - Died 9-? 1999 - 2000?
( R&B ) Singer was a member of The Veltones (They did, "Someday" and
"Fool In Love") and The Canes (They did, "I'll Never Give Her Up (My Friend)"
and "Why Should I Suffer With The Blues").

Ray Mills - Died in 1971? ( Rock ) Born
1942 - Drummer - Worked with Jimmy Justice and The
Alan Price Set.

Bob Morris - Died 12-3-1981? ( Rock
) Born 3-2-1930 - Bass guitarist and songwriter - He was a member of The
Champs (They did, "Jumping Bean") - Worked with Jimmy
Seals.

Do you know
of a artist that should be on this site but isn't ? Can you fill
in the blanks of any information I'm missing ? Find any errors? Do you
know of a site for an artist I haven't linked yet? Find any dead links
? Then please sign my guest book below and let me know or just sign it
for the heck of it. Thanx!